Direct Access

Anyone with a library card may consult books and journals in the reading room. Most materials are available for direct access, and two photocopiers are also available to patrons.

Reserve Books

Approximately 450 books are stored at the front desk and are available for in-library use only. The call numbers for these items end with the term “Reserve.” To access them, you must go to the service desk with your library card and the item’s reference (call number and title).

To help you locate the materials, please refer to the “Locating Materials” section.

Students and individuals outside the School of Law may borrow up to three books for one evening or one weekend. Loans may be renewed once at the library desk or by phone. Failure to return a book by the due date results in a fine of 0.5 € per business day per book. Book loans are suspended until fines are paid. In the event of a repeat offense, borrowing privileges are suspended until the end of the current academic year.

Faculty of Law staff members may borrow an unlimited number of books for a period of two months. The Library reserves the right, however, to request the return of borrowed books at any time. Failure to return a book by the due date will result in the suspension of borrowing privileges.
Faculty of Law staff members may, however, borrow a maximum of one book from the reference collection, for a period limited to two days.

Certain materials are not available for loan:

• Periodicals
• Documents marked with a green sticker
• Encyclopedias, dictionaries, codes, and loose-leaf publications
• Reserve books (red sticker)

Every borrower is personally responsible for the items they borrow. They will be required to pay the replacement costs for any items that are not returned.

Anyone who damages a book while using it in the library or while it is on loan must pay the costs of restoration or replacement.